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Chaperonin

Chaperonin

(Science: cell biology) Subset of chaperone proteins found in prokaryotes, mitochondria and plastids major example is prokaryotic GroEL (the eukaryotic equivalent of which is hsp60).


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plant and cold stress

... to be able to survive to cold temperature. exemples of this regulation are to permit synthesis of proteins and sugar who are cryoprotectant (chaperonin, ....), to change the membrane fluidity membranes are sensitive to low temperature, because low temperatures reduce membrane fluidity. this ...

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by fabienne
Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:16 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: resit question-please help....
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Re: protein folding

... answers to most of my questions What's their origin? And did "first cell" contain genes for them? What if there would be a mutation and and some chaperonin would be nonfunctional? Would it be lethal? now I read that ribosomes in prokaryotes don't have chaperonins function so it would be lethal ...

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by zami'87.
Tue May 31, 2005 4:15 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: protein folding
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protein folding

I have some questions about chaperonins and protein folding... 1.How do chaperonins help folding the polypeptide chain(know about hydrogen bonds but mechanism...)? like enzyme?What's their origin? And did "first cell" contain genes for ...

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by zami'87.
Sun May 22, 2005 8:10 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: protein folding
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molecular chaperones

yeah and are you talking about chaperone proteins such as chaperonin which helps a protein take its final formation?

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by adidasty
Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:14 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: molecular chaperones
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